Dhaka, March 7 -- Officials and employees of the Election Commission (EC) Secretariat are staging a protest against the decision to transfer National Identity Card (NID) services from the commission to another authority.

They have been protesting against the recent decision of the interim government to establish a new independent body named Civil Registration Commission to oversee all citizen registration services, including NID and birth registrations.

The protest began in front of the EC office in Agargaon around 12:30pm, led by officials from EC's NID wing.

Members of Bangladesh Election Commission Officers' Association (BECOA) were also present during the demonstration.

Later, the officials gathered in front of the office of Chief...